July 2009
1 post
Gmail super slow on Safari 4
If you’re using Safari 4 and you also have the developer toolbar turned on, turn it off.
Similar to Firebug a few versions back, when you enable resource tracking it’s for all websites which is no good for Gmail or other sites that are noisy with the ajax requests.
The latest webkit version allows you to turn of resource tracking and any other developer tabs by website.
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March 2009
1 post
July 2008
1 post
Google code project for Radiohead →
Radiohead’s House of Cards video was shot without cameras. Google is hosting the data and processing code for the video, so you can go at it and try to make your own video. This like Nude stems but for geeks.
June 2008
4 posts
Rails Form Authenticity Token with Ajax (Defensive...
When sending POST through ajax with form security turned on with Rails can sometimes be a pain in the butt. However if you plan for your users to be able to do the same task without javascript, adding the Ajax goodness unobtrusively is a cinch and we still get the benefits of the authenticity token.
The example below is a simple form for a post. But Rails will automatically set the security...
May 2008
3 posts
April 2008
1 post
Bangers & Mash - Radiohead →
Dual drumming Thom & Phil, weird…
March 2008
1 post
Rails Tip: Labels with form_for
If you use “form_for” you may have noticed in Rails 2.0 that there is now a label method to create html label tags:
This is great for two reasons:
It syncs the label tag’s “for” attribute with the “id” of whatever input field you create. This awesome for standards and accessibility!
It will automatically create label text based off the method...
February 2008
2 posts
Neh Meh Yeh - Now with more features
Friends
Stats
Love
http://nehmehyeh.com
December 2007
7 posts
Don't throw cats
Just some words of wisdom.
ul·ti·ma·cy
1 : the quality or state of being ultimate
2 : the ultimate intimacy
Used in a sentence:
Matt has taken intimacy to the next level, ultimacy
Share More Controller Specs with do_action
For most projects, our controllers tend to have some shared behavior that inherits from a base controller. Such as before filters for authentication or finding an AR model. RSpec also has a similar concept know as “shared behaviors”.
But it’s kind of difficult to do something like:
it 'should redirect to login if not logged in' do
do_post
response.should...
Tango + Italy + Chicken = Best Weekend Evar!
This, by far, was one of the best weekends ever. Not only was there a gratuitous amounts of over-sleeping, but there was Tango! Nope, I did not tango but I watched.
The Tango Buenos Aires troupe performed at the Mesa Arts Center and it was awesome. The music was amazing and probably the first time ever I tip my hat to the according player. The Tango Argentino style performed was extremely...
November 2007
0 posts
Refresh Phoenix & Blueprint
Matt Gist and myself will be presenting Blueprint a CSS framework at Refresh Phoenix on Nov 6th.
Other resources:
Blueprint Grid CSS Generator http://kematzy.com/blueprint-generator/
Google Groups http://groups.google.com/group/blueprintcss
Rubinius For Ruby Developers
At Ruby Conf 07, Evan Phoenix the project lead for rubini.us gave a great talk about rubini.us vm. The key takeaway for myself, was ability to contribute to the language using the language itself.
What an obvious concept right? Use Ruby to make Ruby. Unfortunately this has not been the case with any implementation the Matz Ruby Implementation(MRI), JRuby, or Iron Ruby using C, Java, and C#,...
October 2007
0 posts
Read Phoenix
This was a fun and short (reference to the customer) project that showcases local blogs here in phoenix.
Check it out http://readphoenix.com!